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The Arctic Cordillera mountain system covers much of Ellesmere Island, making it the most mountainous in the Arctic Archipelago. More than one-fifth of the island is protected as Quttinirpaaq National Park. In 2021, the population of Ellesmere Island was recorded at 144. [5] There are three settlements: Alert, Eureka, and Grise Fiord.
Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world. [5] [6] The location is on Ellesmere Island (in the Queen Elizabeth Islands) at latitude 82°30'05" north, 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole. [7]
Located on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, Alert is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world. [1] It takes its name from HMS Alert, which wintered 10 km (6.2 mi) east of the present station off what is now Cape Sheridan, Nunavut in 1875–1876. [6] U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson in front of CFS Alert welcome sign
population (2016) Notes Refs 1: 5: Baffin Island: 507,451 195,928: Nunavut: 13,148: Population does not include Kinngait and Qikiqtarjuaq. Both lie on small islands just off the coast of Baffin Island. [1] [2] 2: 8: Victoria Island: 217,291 83,897: Northwest Territories, Nunavut: 2,162: Contains the world's largest island within an island ...
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Qikiqtaaluk Region had a population of 19,355 living in 5,530 of its 6,573 total private dwellings, a change of 1.9% from its 2016 population of 18,988. With a land area of 970,554.61 km 2 (374,733.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.0/km 2 (0.1/sq mi) in 2021. [21]
The two municipalities are the hamlets of Resolute (population 198 as of the 2016 census [10]), on Cornwallis Island, and Grise Fiord (population 129 as of the 2016 census [11]), on Ellesmere Island. Alert is a weather station staffed by Environment and Climate Change Canada, a Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) atmosphere monitoring laboratory on ...
^e Population calculated by removing the population of Lennox Island (pop. 323) [5] and Holman Island (pop. 5) [6] from the population of the province of Prince Edward Island (pop. 142,907) [7] ^f Population calculated by adding Census Tracts 4620550.04 (4,797), 4620550.02 (3,233) and 4620550.03 (6,683).
Nunavut's highest point is Barbeau Peak (2,616 m (8,583 ft)) on Ellesmere Island. The population density is 0.022/km 2 (0.056/sq mi), one of the lowest in the world. By comparison, Greenland has approximately the same area and nearly twice the population.